Belle Watling

Belle Watling was an Atlanta nurse during the American Civil War. She was a friend of Rhett Butler, and, in 1864, she made a donation to Charlotte Meade's military hospital as the Union armies approached Atlanta. She gave the donation to Meade with one of Butler's handkerchiefs, which Scarlett O'Hara noticed; she was also infuriated when she rode off in Butler's carriage.